made their own engine and when they first sited their first engine plant, again, it was in columbus, mississippi, where european aerospace and defense systems builds helicopters for the united states army. or just up the road where navistar builds the mrap, the mine resistant ambush protected vehicle that has replaced the humvee in the middle east. we are -- as i say, we're not a state with a history of manufacturing like midwestern states, but as ge will tell you, we are a great place to manufacture. we have succeeded in replacing thousands of low-skill, low-paying jobs with high-skilled, high-paying jobs. witness in the year 2010, the higher per capita income in seven years had gone up 30%. even though there were fewer people working. employment was down about 2%, but income was up 30%. and it's largely because of replacing low-skill, low-paying manufacturing jobs with toyota, with nissan, with more shipbuilding, more aerospace and so on. i hadn't been governor a month when i was up at mississippi state university, our engineering and agriculture school and a professor said to me, you know, go

from seattle washington, the maker of the peter built his the engine manufacturing plant in columbus mississippi. for years anybody that has been in the trucking business, you ask for the caterpillar engine they make their own engines. they decided to do that after they bought the european truck and when they cited the first, again, columbus mississippi. where the european aerospace systems build helicopters for the united states army. just up the road for the mrap, though protected vehicle that has replaced the humvee in the middle east, as i say we are not a state with a history of manufacturing like a midwestern states, but as she e. will tell you, we are a great place of manufacturing. we have succeeded in replacing thousands of low-skilled low-paying jobs with high skilled high-paying jobs witnessed in the year 2010 of the per capita income in seven years that got up 30% even though there were fewer people that were working in employment was down about 2%. but incoming was up 40% and it's largely because of repaying the manufacturing jobs was toyota, nissan with more shipbuilding, aerospace

from seattle washington, the maker of the peter built his the engine manufacturing plant in columbus mississippi. for years anybody that has been in the trucking business, you ask for the caterpillar engine they make their own engines. they decided to do that after they bought the european truck and when they cited the first, again, columbus mississippi. where the european aerospace systems build helicopters for the united states army. just up the road for the mrap, though protected vehicle that has replaced the humvee in the middle east, as i say we are not a state with a history of manufacturing like a midwestern states, but as she e. will tell you, we are a great place of manufacturing. we have succeeded in replacing thousands of low-skilled low-paying jobs with high skilled high-paying jobs witnessed in the year 2010 of the per capita income in seven years that got up 30% even though there were fewer people that were working in employment was down about 2%. but incoming was up 40% and it's largely because of repaying the manufacturing jobs was toyota, nissan with more shipbuilding, aerospace

the maker of cars and trucks has its only engine manufacturing plant in columbus, mississippi. for years, and what was the in the trucking business, the u.s. for either a cummings engine or a caterpillar and gin. they did not make their own engine. decided to do debt -- they decided to do that, and again their first plant is in colombia, mississippi. a european base built helicopters for the u.s. army. just up the road did build the replacement for the humvee. we are not a state of manufacturing history, but as ge will tell you, we are a great place to manufacture. we have succeeded in replacing thousands of low-skill, low- paying jobs with high-skilled, high-paying jobs. witness in the year 2010, our per capita income in seven years had gone up 30%, even though there were fewer people working. in plymouth was down about 2% -- employment was down about 2%, but income was up 30%, and it was largely replacing low-skill, low-paying manufacturing jobs with toyota, nissan, more shipbuilding, more aerospace and so on. i have not been governor a month. i was up dead mississippi state

from seattle washington the makers of peterbilt has its only engine manufacturing plant in columbus, mississippi years, anybody in the trucking business if you ordered a peterbilt you would ask for a cummins engine are a caterpillar engine. they did not make their own engines. they decided to do that after they bought a european trucking company and then they had their first, cited their first engine class again it was in columbus, mississippi where european aerospace and defense systems builds helicopters for the united states army or just up the road where navistar builds the mrap, the mine resistant ambush in vehicles that has replaced the humvee in the middle east. we are as i say, we are not a state with a history of manufacturing like the midwestern states but as ge will tell you, we are a great place to manufacture. we have succeeded in replacing thousands of low-skilled, low-paying jobs with high skilled jobs, witnessed in the year 2010 by our per-capita income in seven years had gone up 30%, even though there were fewer people working. employment was down about 2%, but income was up 30%

we talk often in columbus about the great brain gain, how columbus is one of the fastest-growing cities in the midwest and east of the mississippi. columbus started its early days as a trading post along the sciota river, continued in steamboats and railroads connected more people with new opportunities and new commerce. i should add that the presiding officer, if i'm allowed to say this, one lived in the great city of columbus. i -- i think i'm allowed to say that. he now is the very able junior senator from colorado. deurduring the civil war, colums became an important location for the union army and something we're particularly proud of, for the underground railroad. through the turmoil of that era, president lincoln signed the moral act, which led to the agricultural and mechanical college in 1870. in 1878, it was renamed ohio state university. today, o.s.u. is one of the nation's premier public universities and there are many other institutions of higher learning in columbus. capital university, established much earlier than that, 1830, the columbus college of art and design, established in 1879. the pontifical college, jos